Phantoms trade two players before deadline

Huntsville Forester

BRACEBRIDGE - The Phantoms gained two new faces on their defensive line before the trade deadline closed on Thursday.
Tim Dickieson, the team’s general manager, said his team is ready to move on the championship now.
James Gulliver, originally from St. Johns, Newfoundland, previously played Junior A Hockey for the Milton Ice Hawks. Brandon Blair is a defenceman from the University of Florida. Both free-agent players are about six-foot three-inch, 240-pounds.
“Our team is done and ready to win a championship,” Dickieson said.
He is looking forward to having the full team back after injuries pulled several players off the ice earlier in the season including one of their best players, Charles Williams, who was out with a broken jaw. Williams was expected back in town from Pittsburgh on Monday, and Dickieson anticipates he will be in the lineup on the weekend.
Forward Cody Burtch, another key player on the team, was also out on a six-game suspension.
Over Christmas the Phantoms lost three games in a row “just basically because we were short bodies and Christmas break,” Dickieson said.
Now he’s looking to get ready for the playoffs and hoping for a winning streak.
Before the playoffs they have a key game against the undefeated Bradford Rattlers on Sunday.
“It’ll be a really exciting game on Sunday to see who comes out on top of that, kind of a preview of the playoffs,” he said.